Open Defecation(Shitting on the street) is very common in developing countries like India, but also throughout the entire continent of Africa.
Open air toilets, do imply a shithole in the most literal sense. And its not like their behavior is illegal or frowned upon, most do it.
Just read this article here about a Peace Corp Volunteer who went to Senegal, not only do they shit in the street, where it dries up and contaminates food and water, but they follow Shitlam as a religion.
" That danger was considerable, because it was, in the words of the Peace Corps doctor, "a fecalized environment."
In plain English: s--- is everywhere. People defecate on the open ground, and the feces is blown with the dust – onto you, your clothes, your food, the water. He warned us the first day of training: do not even touch water. Human feces carries parasites that bore through your skin and cause organ failure.
Never in my wildest dreams would I have imagined that a few decades later, liberals would be pushing the lie that Western civilization is no better than a third-world country. Or would teach two generations of our kids that loving your own culture and wanting to preserve it are racism."